Windows backup monitoring - how to and where's the new sensor?

This is done via the newly implemented "Process Email Content" option of the IMAP sensor.

Please have a look at IMAP sensor manual page.

Thanks Dirk - so this is basically no good for Windows Backup, as it doesn't have any native email reporting?

Unless there's a way to convert an event log entry into an email?

Sorry I am new to PRTG :)

Thanks again,

Matt

The new sensor can only work with emails, sorry. You could use the Event Log sensor to watch for "failed" events of Windows Backup, I assume.

Hi There

I have written a PowerShell script which you can use for the extended script sensor. You only need to specify the '%host' variable in the sensor settings. The sensor extracts the backup events and the time since last backup has run. The script is tested on a Windows Server 2012R2 using the built-in backup tool.

param([string]$hostname = "N/A")

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $hostname{
$today=(Get-Date)
$dateshift=(Get-Date).AddHours(-24)
$EventError=Get-WinEvent -LogName Microsoft-Windows-Backup| Where-Object {$_.TimeCreated -gt $dateshift} | Where-Object {$_.LevelDisplayName -eq "Error"}
$EventWarning=Get-WinEvent -LogName Microsoft-Windows-Backup| Where-Object {$_.TimeCreated -gt $dateshift} | Where-Object {$_.LevelDisplayName -eq "Warning"}
$EventOK=Get-WinEvent -LogName Microsoft-Windows-Backup| Where-Object {$_.TimeCreated -gt $dateshift} | Where-Object {$_.LevelDisplayName -eq "Information"}

$backupsets=Get-WBBackupSet
$lastbackup=(Get-Date)-($backupsets.BackupTime |Measure-Object -Maximum |Select-Object -ExpandProperty Maximum)
$lastbkround=[math]::Floor($lastbackup.TotalHours)

Write-Host '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?>'
Write-Host '<prtg>'
Write-Host '<result>'
Write-Host '<channel>Error Events</channel>'
Write-Host '<value>'$EventError.Count'</value>'
Write-Host '</result>'
Write-Host '<result>'
Write-Host '<channel>Warning Events</channel>'
Write-Host '<value>'$EventWarning.Count'</value>'
Write-Host '</result>'
Write-Host '<result>'
Write-Host '<channel>Information Events</channel>'
Write-Host '<value>'$EventOK.Count'</value>'
Write-Host '</result>'
Write-Host '<result>'
Write-Host '<channel>Hours Since Last Backup</channel>'
Write-Host '<value>'$lastbkround'</value>'
Write-Host '</result>'
Write-Host '</prtg>'

Hello Liceo, thank you for sharing your script!

Best Regards,
Luciano Lingnau [Paessler Support]

Hi Liceo, is your script missing a "}" somewhere? I'm getting an error executing it manually.

Also, do you run it in the default security context?

You could also try Heath Trengove's powershell sensor from GitHub: https://github.com/htrengove/PRTGwindowsbackup/

Thanks, Heath!

Hi Liceo,

I am trying your powershell script and i have an issue with it.
If i run the script in an 64 powershell box the "Get-WBBackupSet" works fine But if i run the script in an 32 bit powershell box the "Get-WBBackupSet" CMDlet is not recognized. PRTG is calling a 32bit version of powershell and thus the "Get-WBBackupSet" CMDlet is not working.

How can i fix this?

Hi there,

I cannot help you by fix the custom script, however, you can try the tool "PSx64" from the PRTG Tools Family to execute your script in 64bit mode: http://prtgtoolsfamily.com/downloads/sensors